2013 – Page 158

Bionic pitcher Bartolo Colon continues on a roll. His career was left for dead midway through the 2009 season, but he has made an astonishing comeback after undergoing pioneering stem cell surgery on his arm. On Sunday 21 July, the 40-year old pitched a four-hitter in the game in which the Oakland Athletics defeated the …

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Puerto Rican singer Danny Rivera is booked for a night of romantic songs at the Salon La Mancha at the Hotel Barcelo Santo Domingo (Lina). The opening act will be Dominican singer Yohanna Almanzar. ‘Serenata’ is the name of the concert. Rivera will be accompanied by the Maestro Victor Taveras orchestra. The show is set …

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The Ministry of Public Works reports that detours are now in force for drivers using Santo Domingo’s Av. Privada and 27 de Febrero intersection. The Ministry of Public Works and Brazilian construction company Odebrecht are carrying out major road improvements at the intersection. Traffic is now being rerouted via the Prolongacion Guacanagarix, continuing to Calle …

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Speaking at a press conference yesterday, Thursday 18 July the secretary general of the Santo Domingo city government (ADN), architect Andres Navarro, said that the change in management of the Duquesa Dump will cause delays in garbage collections. He said that city residents should not put out garbage on Fridays, to prevent it from piling …

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Deputy Minou Tavarez Mirabal says that she will not comply with the PLD mandate to re-elect Abel Martinez as president of the Chamber of Deputies. The Central Committee of the ruling party recently ordered his re-election and that of Reinaldo Pared Perez (PLD-National District) as president of the Senate. Tavarez says that she wants to …

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The press is following the PRD as the internal conflict comes to a turning point as the term for which party president Miguel Vargas was elected on 27 September 2009 expires today, Friday 19 July. News report say that Vargas has convened the National Executive Committee of the party to meet on 28 February 2014 …

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Ligia Bonetti, president of the Association of Industries of the Dominican Republic, has told the media that they have received reports that the Haitian cabinet has approved a decree that bans the production, import, marketing and use of polyethylene (plastic) bags and polystyrene packaging (foam). The order would go into effect on 1 August 2013. …

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Telecom company Orange Dominicana’s vice president, Eduardo Balcarcel, says that local executives are awaiting official information on the company’s intention to sell the Dominican division. A Reuters wire, dated in London earlier this week, revealed the French company was planning to sell off its Dominican division as part of a worldwide effort to reduce the …

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People suffering from mental illness are making city streets their home and this is becoming a cause for concern among residents. The reality of these transients made headlines when a man, believed to be suffering from mental illness, threw a rock at a shared taxi, killing one of the passengers, 65-year old Maria Isabel Espinal, …

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A lightning strike at Las Americas International Airport yesterday, Thursday 18 July, caused a blackout that lasted for 26 minutes, affecting airport operations. Air control and navigation activities were able to continue because they run on a separate circuit. However, administrative offices, restaurants and duty free shop operations were halted. Emergency systems illuminated the migration, …

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